Food costs are still going down… but experts warn that price hikes are on the horizon over Brexit red-tape and rising shipping costs Food prices fell by 0.3 per cent in May compared to the same month last year Annual fall in fresh food prices was 1 per cent, following April’s 1.5 per cent drop … Read more
New scam warning: Fake Post Office email asks people to pay ‘shipping fees’ to release non-existent deliveries Scammers are sending fraudulent emails pretending to be the Post Office People are asked to click on a link to pay a shipping fee to release a delivery However, they could well be conned out of hundreds of … Read more
A ‘neighbour from hell’ using a shipping container as a house extension has refused to remove it – despite nearly two years of complaints. Lillie Goddard, 45, and her children moved into a three-bed static caravan next to her house in Wiltshire, Swindon in 2019 after claiming her property had been declared unsafe for a … Read more
‘It’s being treated like the Crown Jewels!’ Rod Stewart ‘charters seven shipping containers to bring his giant model railway back to the UK from the US’ Rod started started building the 124ft-long, 23ft-wide railway – a miniature replica of a 1940s US city – after moving to Beverly Hills in the 1990s It took him … Read more
British businesses are facing thousands of pounds in extra costs and consumers the prospect of higher prices as a global shortage of containers continues to cause chaos. The average cost of shipping a 40-foot container from Asia to Northern Europe, including the UK, has skyrocketed from $1,752 last February to more than $8,000 at the … Read more
The SWAMPS-Élysées! Paris is flooded by the Seine and German shipping is stalled by high water levels under bridges as rivers across Europe burst their banks after torrential downpours The famous embankments and avenues of the capital were submerged under the river for the fifth day in a row on Saturday as the weather service … Read more
From a distance, it looks a little like a giant metal shipping container or hangar sitting in the middle of the countryside. The reality is the property – named Hedge House – is a luxury home with a brick and wood exterior, designed and owned by architect David Sheppard. The trendy home comes with 6.5 … Read more
Nine Eritrean migrants including three women are found hidden inside shipping container when it arrived in Yorkshire Tees Harbour Police and Border Force intercepted container in Teesport, Yorks Six men and three woman claiming to be Eritrean nationals were found inside The migrants had come in onboard a ship from Zeebrugge in Belgium They are being processed … Read more
It’s a steel! Company transforms SHIPPING CONTAINERS into luxury lodges, pool rooms – and even cricket pavilions The company behind the transformations is Gloucestershire-based SteelPad, which charges from £17,000 Features can include a railed roof terrace; wall beds, shower rooms and Bluetooth speaker systems ‘Little daunts us in the joinery department and our attention to detail … Read more
It’s a steel! Company transforms SHIPPING CONTAINERS into luxury lodges, pool rooms – and even cricket pavilions The company behind the transformations is Gloucestershire-based SteelPad, which charges from £17,000 Features can include a railed roof terrace; wall beds, shower rooms and Bluetooth speaker systems ‘Little daunts us in the joinery department and our attention to detail … Read more